It's too bad they didn't design the FSMO roles as a primary/secondary ala NT4 PDC/DC. Since they're supposedly adding the capability for redundant DHCP maybe there's hope..... John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families
From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 06:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> Subject: Re: ideas for migrating from 32-bit to 64-bit Server 2008 Trying to seize actually attempts a transfer first... ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 4:47 PM, David Lum <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I say seize, you say transfer…..yeah you are correct – I just went through the seize activity last week practicing for an SBS swing so it was in my head, transfer is the better way to go. Dave From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 9:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: ideas for migrating from 32-bit to 64-bit Server 2008 Also, don't seize the roles, transfer them. On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Steve Kradel <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Aye, "two is one, and one is none," as they say. Figure out the cost of a full day or more of downtime--say, at a certain busy time of year for an accounting firm--while someone tries to find backups, or realizes that the hardware is cooked and they can't restore the backups onto the new machine with a different hardware config... Add two, low-horsepower machines and make both of them DCs. Rebuild the server with 8GB to run non-DC things (applications, file server, Exchange, whatever). Or you could install HyperV / ESXi / Xen and have about four virtual hosts... --Steve On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 6:40 AM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: In that case, ADD a new DC. Having a single DC is a liability even in the smallest environment. ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Jimmy Tran <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Nothing in particular. It’s a small accounting firm that runs lots of tax software over the network. I just noticed there was 8GB installed but only 4GB is used due to the OS limitation. I figure we minus well upgrade to a 64 bit. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 3:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: ideas for migrating from 32-bit to 64-bit Server 2008 What David said: -- Add a new server to the domain temporarily -- Promote to DC and take all the roles -- Move the Data somewhere temporarily (or, at the very least, ensure that it is backed up) -- Rebuild the new server as a DC x64 -- Join it to the existing domain and take back all of the roles -- Put the data back on the machine Off you go. What is the app or functionality that requires the 8GB RAM, btw? The answer might change the approach. ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Jimmy Tran <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi All, I have a client who currently has a Windows Server 2008 32-bit machine. They need to upgrade to 64 bit so they can make use of the 8GB of ram they have installed. The server is a DC and file server only. I’m thinking I’ll have to recreate a whole new domain since I only have one server to work with and cannot directly upgrade to 64 bit. Do you guys have any suggestions on how I can do this? 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